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These 10 things you can keep a healthy mind during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The outbreak has changed life for all of us for a while and it can seem like it will never end. But for most of us, these difficult feelings will pass. You can use this testing time to get to know yourself better, to build and keep a healthy mind. 1. Stay connected for a healthy mind Think about how to stay in touch with your friends and family while you have to stay at home. You could try phone calls, video calls or social media Read more

The expression patient zero comes from epidemiology. In medicine it describes the first person infected in an epidemic or a pandemic. The expression patient zero comes from epidemiology (the study of the spread of disease.) Epidemiologists are kind of medical detectives. It is important to now where diseases start in order to control them. The term was first used widely in the 1980s at the start. of the HIV/AIDS outbreak, replacing index patient (or index case), which was in use since the early 1900s. Patient zero is used in medical situations to describe the first person infected with a disease. Once a patient zero is identified, they can understand better how disease is spreading Read more

A pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease, usually a virus. A pandemic happens when a new virus spreads around the world, and most people do not have immunity, that is, their bodies cannot fight it. Viruses that have caused pandemics have normally come from animal influenza viruses. It’s just the Flu, isn’t it? Both seasonal and pandemic influenza can cause infections in all age groups, and most cases the person recovers fully without treatment. However, typical seasonal influenza causes most of its deaths among the elderly while other severe cases occur most commonly in people with a Read more